Cakradatta (Cikitsasangraha) 51.3

51.3

doṣasaṃsargaje kāryā bheṣajāhārakalpanā .
ūrdhvagaṃ vamanairdhīmānadhogaṃ recanairharet .
tiktabhūyiṣṭhamāhāraṃ pānaṃ vāpi prakalpayet .. 3 ..

When caused by a combination of doṣas, the preparation of medicament and diet should be adjusted. / The wise [physician] should remove the upward-moving [disease] by emesis, and the downward-moving by purgatives; / he should prepare a diet or drink that consists predominantly of bitter [tastes].